I've been wanting to get into swimming and signed up for lessons at the local park district. It will be 10 lessons in a group. I know how to not drown, but never tried learning the different strokes and using it as exercise. Curious if there are any swimmers on here, and how difficult learning it is as an adult.
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I learned how to swim by being lucky enough to grow up close to a beach, which is a great education and privilege.
Surfed most of my life so i'm very comfortable in the water or ocean.
I realise it's a completely different thing, but to learn good fundamentals means it will give you confidence when or if you hit the beach in the future.
Not to mention it's an exercise with low impact on your body.
Wish you the best of luck.
Surfed most of my life so i'm very comfortable in the water or ocean.
I realise it's a completely different thing, but to learn good fundamentals means it will give you confidence when or if you hit the beach in the future.
Not to mention it's an exercise with low impact on your body.
Wish you the best of luck.
As an adult learner years back I don't recall it being particularly difficult but it did take some time for me to figure out how to get breaths in without slowing down on anything that wasn't a backstroke.
Really though, just get comfortable being submerged and exhaling underwater, keep your head tilted down when doing crawls and downward-facing strokes, and prepare to get some kicks in. Hopefully once everything comes together you'll really enjoy it, but even if swimming doesn't became a regular thing for you, just having the ability in your arsenal is reassuring.
Really though, just get comfortable being submerged and exhaling underwater, keep your head tilted down when doing crawls and downward-facing strokes, and prepare to get some kicks in. Hopefully once everything comes together you'll really enjoy it, but even if swimming doesn't became a regular thing for you, just having the ability in your arsenal is reassuring.
I got more comfortable with swimming from this.
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By knowing this half of the lessons are already learned, the rest are just practicing and perfecting strokes and styles.
During my preschool and elementary school days, I was signed up in swimming lessons. But I only managed to master freestyle swimming, never managed to do backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke well.
Agree that swimming is a very low impact exercise and very safe for the joints. And it is a very good cardio exercise and works more muscle groups compared to jogging/running.
But I stopped swimming since I can never get used to chlorine's effects on my hair. My swimming shorts and swimming goggles always need replacing due to becoming brittle from chlorine.
Also when the pools are crowded it hampers my personal space. It is hard to swim continuously when there are so many people around.
I learned in school when I was little. And I swim a lot. Best is in the ocean. I surfed also. I only use pools when the weather is bad. I need to fix the old pool of my house. It´s those old stone water tanks. I have to rehabilitate it.
Anyway because of Corona my youngest didn´t learn to swim at school. So he had classes in a gym pool. The gym was one of the best. But classes seemed to be centered only in the feet peddling.
So before summer I´ve checked online videos and found some good ones. And in 30 mnts he learned how to swim properly. Today he swam like crazy in the beach. Till his arms hurt. Next step is surf lessons for him. During September waves get bigger and warmer water.
Swimming is also good for kids because they don´t get sick as often during winters.
It was this dude videos I used:
He has a lot of videos see if it helps.
As another option there´s always the John Wayne method:
Anyway because of Corona my youngest didn´t learn to swim at school. So he had classes in a gym pool. The gym was one of the best. But classes seemed to be centered only in the feet peddling.
So before summer I´ve checked online videos and found some good ones. And in 30 mnts he learned how to swim properly. Today he swam like crazy in the beach. Till his arms hurt. Next step is surf lessons for him. During September waves get bigger and warmer water.
Swimming is also good for kids because they don´t get sick as often during winters.
It was this dude videos I used:
He has a lot of videos see if it helps.
As another option there´s always the John Wayne method:
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I swam in college. I recommend goggles and a jammer (suit). You will move much faster through the water with these items.
Just had my first lesson. Probably one of the hardest things I've ever tried, but very fun. I can see how it's such a good way to exercise.
I thought I was already in good shape but swimming is a different beast. Breathing is probably the hardest part. I have a lot of respect for the elite swimmers.
I thought I was already in good shape but swimming is a different beast. Breathing is probably the hardest part. I have a lot of respect for the elite swimmers.
I took swimming lessons from the town pool in the small town where I grew up. The first year I was too scared, and my mom pulled me from the class after the first lesson or two when I just ran outside the pool to where she was with the other mothers. I think it was the summer I was 5.
The next year, I took to it easily. They told us to hold our noses when we went under water, but then I figured out how to just hold my breath, and I was off and running. Then it was just learn to paddle with my arms and kick with my feet. You can just swim with your head out of water, or you can lay your head in the water and turn it every stroke to get a quick breath.
Swimming with your head out of water makes your legs and torso hang lower in the water, which creates drag, but you can still move easily enough through the water this way. Laying your head down makes it easier for your legs to float so you have have the most streamlined position in the water, and can swim the fastest. I'd learn to swim with your head out of water first, because then breathing is no issue. Once you master movement through water, then you can work on the fine points of breath control.
Here's a video about this.
Once you can swim like this, you are free to learn all the other things like swimming under water, treading water, back stroke, and all the rest.
The next year, I took to it easily. They told us to hold our noses when we went under water, but then I figured out how to just hold my breath, and I was off and running. Then it was just learn to paddle with my arms and kick with my feet. You can just swim with your head out of water, or you can lay your head in the water and turn it every stroke to get a quick breath.
Swimming with your head out of water makes your legs and torso hang lower in the water, which creates drag, but you can still move easily enough through the water this way. Laying your head down makes it easier for your legs to float so you have have the most streamlined position in the water, and can swim the fastest. I'd learn to swim with your head out of water first, because then breathing is no issue. Once you master movement through water, then you can work on the fine points of breath control.
Here's a video about this.
Once you can swim like this, you are free to learn all the other things like swimming under water, treading water, back stroke, and all the rest.